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Reshma Shah

Adjunct Lecturer, Peds/Quality of Life and Pediatric Palliative Care

BioDr. Reshma Shah is an Adjunct Lecturer at Stanford University in the Department of Pediatrics / Quality of Life and Pediatric Palliative Care in the School of Medicine. She previously served as an Affiliate Clinical Instructor at Stanford University School of Medicine and has over 20 years of experience in academic and clinical pediatrics.

Dr. Shah’s work focuses on pediatric nutrition, plant-based dietary patterns, and family-centered approaches to health and well-being. She is the co-author of the award-winning book Nourish: The Definitive Plant-Based Nutrition Guide for Families and a contributing author to the American Academy of Pediatrics’ textbook on pediatric nutrition.

She holds a Master’s in Public Health and has additional training in plant-based nutrition. Dr. Shah is dedicated to integrating evidence-based nutrition guidance into pediatric care to support the health of children and families.

Most Sundays, you can find her at her local farmers market, where she finds inspiration for nourishing meals and meaningful family connections.

Nayab Shahid

Senior Clinical Research Specialist, Pediatrics - Hematology/Oncology

Kat Adams Shannon

Basic Life Research Scientist, Pediatrics - General Pediatrics

BioKat studies how young children adapt their attention and learning behaviors to best match different early environments, with particular focus on understanding variability and strengths in contexts of early adversity. A key aim of her research is to create and collaborate on innovative uses of technology and statistical methods to support health, education, and developmental science.

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Camille Shantz

Research Asst., Pediatrics - Cardiology

BioCamille is a visiting medical student researcher in the Marsden Lab, working primarily with Dr. Alexander Kaiser. She is a Sarnoff Cardiovascular Research Foundation Fellow visiting from Boston University School of Medicine (Class of 2029) and earned her undergraduate degree in mathematics from Johns Hopkins University. Her research interests center on applying fluid mechanics and computational modeling to solve problems in pediatric cardiac surgery.